Diminishing Returns to a Fixed Factor

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The economic principle that adding more of a variable input while a complementary factor stays fixed eventually yields smaller and smaller gains; Mokyr applies it by treating fundamental scientific understanding as the fixed factor that must periodically change to avoid stagnation.

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